Apparatus for burning gas.



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APPARATUS FOR BURNING GAS.

APPLICATION FILED 1113.27. 1905.

, PATENTED FEB. 13, 191,06. 7 L. MORENO & A, DANTONY. APPARATUS FOR BURNING GAS.'

APPLICATION FILED IBB.27, 1905.

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UNITED sTA r s Parana OFFICE.

Luiei MoaENo AND AMEDEO nAurouY, or TURIN, ITALY. APPARATUS FORBIURNING GAS.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1905- Serial No. 247,636.

Patented Feb. 1-3, 1906.

To all whom it may concern;-

' Be it known that we, LUIGI MORENO and AMEDEO DANTONY, subjects of the King of Italy,- and .residents of Turin, Italy, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Gas, of which the following is a specification.

The present lnvention relates to apparatus for burning gas.

' It is well known that every combustion operated with the aid of atmospheric air as combustive medium the combustion is more or less hindered by the presence of nitrogen;

. ner will take place more rapidly and more,

- affinity.

To remedy this drawback, the present invention consists in operating first the dissociation of the air into its principal components (oxygen and nitrogen) and then the separation of these two gases by chemical In fact, as the oxygen obtained by the dissociation has a Very great affinity for the combutible gas will take alone an active part in the combustion, which in this manthoroughly. In practice tliedissociation of the combustion-air is effected by means of metallic and finely-perforated walls heated from the one side by the heat furnished by the combustion of the gas ,while the other side of these walls comes in contact with the combustive air which is dissociated by the contact with the incandescent wall, and its oxygen passing through the perforations of the wall combines with the combustible gas and determinates the combustion of the latter.

In order to carry out the process hereinbefore described, we make use of a special burner or apparatus, one form of which has been represented, by way of example, in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the burner in a plane passing through the axis thereof; Fig. 2, a section throughA A, Fig. 1. Fig. 3

. is an elevation of the complete apparatus, the

device for utilizing the heat of'the burned part 1 in the manner shown in Fig. 1. On the M parts 1 and2 are fixed cylinders 4 and 5,

g which are made of wire-gauze or thin perforated metal. A third cylinder 6, without holes and concentric to the two first mentioned cylinders, is joined to the part 3 of the base, and between 6 and a fourth and nonperforated cylinder 8 is fixed by means of stay-bolts 7 The upper-end of'the cylinder 8 is joined to a pipe or conduit 9, forming apassage for the products of combustion. An ignition-opening is formed in the upper part of the cylinder and fitted with a door 10.

Near the upper end of the cylinder 1 an outer annular plate 11 is fixed in such a manner that an annular opening is left between the plate and the upper part of the'gallery or cylinder 2. Thus a chamber 13 is formed. The combustible gas, which can escape through the annular opening 12, enters the chamber '13 through a pipe 14.

The cylinder 4 is closed at the top by a plate 15 and at certain points of its height is furnished with annular baffle-plates 16, in the center of each of which is an opening 17.

The action of the burner is as follows: When gas is' admitted to the burner and ignition is effected through the door 10, the flame produced occupies the. whole annular space between the cylinders 4 and 5, which in a few seconds become incandescent. In consequence of the suctional efiect produced by a chimney of any kindsuch, for example, as the chimney 20,. Fig. 3-the air is drawn through theopenings 18 and 19 and comes into contact with the incandescent sides of the cylinders 4 and 5. This air is separated into oxygen and nitrogen-by theaction of the heat radiated by the sides. The oxygen passes through the small openings in the cylinders 4 and 5 and mixes by affinity with the carbids of the gas and causes-the gas to be quickly and completely consumed, While the nitrogen escapes freely through the openings in the upper part of the cylinders 4 and 5,

without presenting any obstacle to the com-' bustion which takes lace in the s ace be-',

tween the two cylin ers mentione above. The top 15 of the central vertical eylinder prevents the air from escaping irectly through that end of the cylinder. This air 1s completely utilized in the combustion, and

the object of the baffle-plates 16 is to distrib-.

ute the air uniformly over the whole perforated surface of the central cylinder. These bafiie-plates may be replaced by other der I 1o represents, by way of example, the manner in vices which efiect the same result. Fig. 3

which this heat can b utilized. In this ex- 4o well as the resistance of the spring 27, is inadmission of the gas to the burner.

which is bent in the form of an arc and closed hermetically at each end. One ofthe ends is fixed at 24 and the other is joined to avalve 25 bymeans of a rod 26, controlled by a s iral spring 27 and by a pressing-screw28. T e thermostat is placed at any point in the area in which it is desired to produce and maintain a constant temperature. For this pur pose, the thermostat being fixed on" the pipe 21 for the burned gases, the side 29 of the box 22 is in direct contact with the hot gases coming from the burner, Fig. Before reaching the pi I e 14,1eading to the burner, the gas enters t e regulator-box 22 through a pipe 30 and passes out through another pipe 31, connected with the pipe 14. It is easy to see on examining the drawings that owing to the heat transmitted through the side 29 (dipipe 23, made of materials which are I very sensitive to heat, tends to straighten and push v Letters Patent, is

rectly the temperature of the products of combustion excee s the temperature desired) the the valve toward its seat, causin it to shut off, more or less, the passage for t e gas passing through the pipe 30 and-limiting the quantity of this gas admitted to the burner to the quantity necessary for maintaining the desired temperature. Byoperating the screw 28 the sensitiveness of the pipe 23, as

creased or reduced. The details of arrangement and construction of this regulator may vary with each case in which the regulator is em loyed. I

avin'g now fully described our said invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by 1. In combination, a body portion open at both ends, galleries formed around the body portion and each other, a cylinder secured at one end to the outer gallery and having its opposite end open to the atmosphere, a second cylinder arranged within the first-named cylinder and supported thereby, one end of said second cylinder extending within and terminating above the bottom of the outer gallery, the opposite end of said second cylinder being in communication with a draftpipe, a perforated cylinder secured to the inner gallery within the second cylinder, a sec.- ond perforated cylinder secured at one end to the body portion and arranged Within the first perforated cylinder, said second erforated cylinder having its opposite end 0 osed, baffle-plates within the second perforated cylinder, and a supply-pipe communicating with the inner gallery.

2. In combination, a bodyportion open at both ends, galleries formed around the body portion and each other, acylinder secured at one end to the outer gallery and having its opposite endopen to the atmosphere, a second cylinder arranged within the first-named cylinder, and supported thereby, one end of said second cylinder being in communication with a draft-pipe, a I erforated cylinder secured to the innerga ery within the second cylinder, a second erforated cylinder secured at one end to t e body portion and arranged within the first perforated cylinder,

said second perforated cylinder having-its opposite end closed, baffle-plates within the second perforated cylinder, and a plate carried by the body portion extending toward but not contacting with the outer Wall of the first gallery and a supply-pipe communicating with the first gallery. v

3. In combinat1on,a body portion open at both ends, galleries formed around the body portion and each other, a cylinder secured at one end to the outer gallery and having its opposite end open to the atmosphere, a second cylinder arranged within the first-named cylinder, and sup orted thereby, one end of said second cylin er being in communication with a draft-pipe, a erforated cylinder securedto thelnner ga leryv within the second cylinder, a second erforated cylinder secured at one end'to t e body portion and'arranged within the first perforated cylinder, said second perforated cylinder'having its opposite end closed, erforated bafiie-plates,

within the second pe orated cylinder, a plate carried by the body portion extending toward but not contacting with the outer wall of the first gallery, a su ply-pipe communicating with the first ga lery and means for regulating the flow of fluid throughthe sup- LUIGI MORENO. AMEDEO 'DANTONY.

Witnesses HUGo 'PIZZOTTI,

Go'rHARD O. Harrow.

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